Press Release: WoO Sprints take over the Valley 07/23/06

             Schatz Captures Coveted Valley Win; Jelley Takes 358 Checkers

Sunday July 23, 2006 by: Rodney Rescott

West Lebanon, NY:  The sun finally broke free of the cloud cover to heat up 
the action at the Valley of Speed.  Just in time for the annual swing 
through Upstate New York of the World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series.  Donnie 
Schatz took about 3 seconds to figure out the super fast high banks, and 
dominated the 30 lap Carquest Sprint Car Shootout.

Jason Martin’s #36 brought the field and the capacity crowd to the green 
flag.  But the lead was short lived as Martin took the car too deep in turns 
3 and 4, spinning the car but continuing only to have the caution come out 
anyway due several cars getting collected in the skirmish.   When the green 
flew again, it was all Schatz powering away from the field in his #15.  A 
few more caution flew, but it was just a delay in the inevitable, as Schatz 
took the checkers by 3.5 seconds over second place runner Lucas Wolfe.  
Wolfe was followed by Daryn Pittman, Brooke Tatnell crossed the line fourth, 
and Chad Kemenah rounded out the top 5.

The Benjamin Moore 358 Super Series was also on the card for a special 
Syracuse 150 qualifier.  The 24 lap event came to the green with Tom Faxon 
and Kory Gurney on the front row.  But all eyes were at the back of the 
field as the big guns geared up to make the charge to the front.  The usual 
suspects of Andy Bachetti, J.R. Heffner, Matt Quinn, and Donnie Corellis all 
began to charge to the front, along with an invading Brett Hearn.  Tom Faxon 
jumped out and powered his Faxon Trucking #171 to the point and tried to run 
away and hide.  The hard-charging handful began to pick away and work to the 
front, and by lap 9, the first to the front was the Rifenberg #21 of Donnie 
Corellis.  Corellis took the lead from Faxon, and checked out on the field.  
Quinn, Bachetti, Hearn, and Heffner all got caught up in traffic trying to 
get to the front, and that’s all Corellis needed to get away.  With five 
laps left in the 24 lap Carquest feature, Wayne Jelley quietly snuck into 
2nd, behind Corellis and tried to mount a charge.  But nothing was going to 
stop the #21, except for the unexpected.  That’s exactly what happened, 
while coming through turn 4 to the white flag lap, all power was lost on the 
#21, and the car pulled to the inside and stopped right by the start finish 
line.  After the #21 was towed off the track, Jelley took control, and held 
off Hearn for a one lap shoot out to take the win.  Jelley took the checkers 
with Brett Hearn crossing in 2nd, 3rd was the Mighty Matt Quinn, Andy 
Bachetti was fourth, and Ray Hoard rounded out the top 5.  Heffner drove to 
a 6th place run, followed by Ted Teal, Denny Young Jr, Buddy Henke (R), and 
Rich Salisbury completing the top 10.

The Pro Stocks were also on the card for a special 12 lap Carquest Dash for 
Cash.  Kevin Arnold took the lead on lap 1 and left the field behind 
capturing the Dash.  Chris Crews was 2nd, Paul LaRochelle crossed the line 
3rd followed by Rick Dempsey and Jay Corbin to complete the top 5.

Sheldon Oil, Big Boys Toys, and CLS Transportation take over the Valley of 
Speed this Saturday July 29th for a full night of racing action, including 
the ACOT Midgets.  Gates open at 5pm, racing starts at 6pm.

For more information or directions visit our website at 
www.LebanonValley.com, or call the Speedway Offices at (518) 794-9606 or 
(518) 794-9965 during normal business hours.

Results:
Sunday July 23, 2006 - CARQUEST Auto Parts Presents the Benjamin Moore 
Paints 358 Modified Super Series and World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series.

World of Outlaw Sprint Results (30 laps) –
1 Donny Schatz, 2 Lucas Wolfe, 3 Daryn Pittman, 4 Brooke Tatnell, 5 Chad 
Kemenah, 6 Terry McCarl, 7 Dion Hindi, 8 Danny smith, 9 Joey Saldana, 10 
Randy Hannagan, 11 Justin Henderson, 12 Craig Dollansky, 13 Jeremy Campbell, 
14 Jason Martin, 15 Bob Bennett, 16 Brian Carlson, 17 Becca Anderson, 18 
Mark Cole, 19 Davey Sammons, 20 Nick Bashford, 21 Geoff Quackenbush, 22 Jim 
McCaffrey, 23 Jeff Taylor, 24 Jac Haudenschild.

358 Modified Results (24 Laps) –
1 Wayne Jelley, 2 Brett Hearn, 3 Matt Quinn, 4 Andy Bachetti, 5 Ray Hoard, 6 
J. R. Heffner, 7 Ted Teal, 8 Denny Young Jr, 9 Buddy Henke, 10 Rich 
Salisbury, 11 Alan Houghtaling, 12 Keith Flach, 13 Ryan Larkin, 14 Ed 
Harkins, 15 Sean Gallivan, 16 Marc Johnson, 17 Carmon Carnibucci, 18 Mark 
Pullen, 19 Tom Faxon, 20 Jim Van Anden, 21 Rob Yetman, 22 Wayne Keyes, 23 
Donnie Corellis, 24 Earl Thitchener, 25 Danny Burl, 26 Neal Stratton, 27 
John Hotchkiss, 28 Kory Gurney, 29 Roy Bridge

Pro Stock Invitational "Dash for Cash" Results (12 Laps) –
1 Kevin Arnold, 2 Chris Crews, 3 Paul LaRochelle, 4 Rick Dempsey, 5 Jay 
Corbin, 6 Don Carlson, 7 Jon Routhier, 8 Jason Casey, 9 Jay Casey, 10 Mike 
Middleton, 11 Dwayne Quennville, 12 Don Collins

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